A Few Travel Quotes

I like writing down quotes— although I have a couple pages from famous people, and 19 pages of Tolkien quotes, many of my quotes are things my friends have said. I have an entire document of funny travel quotes. I shall now share the non-R-rated ones. (People in the real world swear. A lot. Sometimes it’s funny. But that’s not blog-appropriate material.)

(From my trip to Washington with World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms):

“I was talking about aliens. I know Lisa was talking about God, though.” ~Bernadette 

“Man, this is cool… and we aren’t even on ecstasy!” ~Erin

“I am capable of using complete sentences without swearing. I just have to think really hard.” ~Bernadette

(From my trip to Florida:)

Me (to my German friend Matthias): Well, I’m glad you’re not a Nazi.

Matthias: Ah, yes. Not for several months. My hair has grown back.

Matthias (to my Israeli friend Raz): Now we must fight! …Oh wait, we should not. That would be too cliché.

My WWOOFing girl friends!

(From 11-year-old Aaron, while I was tutoring him in Utah:)

Me: "It's always nice to have a ‘best friend’ character in a story."

Aaron: "Yeah, 'cause then you can kill them off."

(From my trip to Oregon:)

Zach’s four-year-old brother Calvin, pointing out a Holstein in a picture book: “That was you, back when you were a cow.”

Calvin (holding up a stuffed dog): This is Bob Dylan!

Me: He doesn’t look very much like Bob Dylan.

Calvin (pauses, sniffs the dog): But he smells like him.

(On the drive home, after suffering several hours on Highway 1:)

Me: Bet you didn’t get highway hypnosis on Highway 1.

Zach: No, it was more like highway getting-beat-with-a-stick.

(From the Insomniac Folklore tour:)

Everyone in the band, at various times: “We’re not in Kansas. We’re not on a bus in Kansas. And we don’t have ulcers. Today is a great day!” 

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